United Nations agency established by the General Assembly in 1949 and is mandated to provide assistance and protection to a population of some 5.8 million registered Palestine refugees. Its mission is to help Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank and the Gaza Strip to achieve their full potential in human development, pending a just solution to their plight.
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United Nations – UNRWA’s services encompass education, health care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, microfinance, and emergency assistance. UNRWA is the largest UN operation in the Middle East with more than 30,000 staff.
United Nations – UNRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions. If you are looking for a rewarding opportunity to make a tangible difference for one of the most vulnerable communities in the world, UNRWA would like to hear from you. Supervisor: The incumbent of this post reports to the Crisis Intervention Project coordinator. Supervisee: The incumbent of this post will supervise the Protection Social Worker.
In accordance with established Agency policy and procedures the incumbent: 1- Assists in planning, monitoring, evaluation and follow -up on all Protection of Palestine Refugees issues within the Refugees community in Southern West Bank including Refugee camps, Hebron, Bethlehem, etc. Governorates, Area C and the Jordan Valley within the framework of the overall objectives, strategies and targets of UNRWA protection principles.
2- Conducts frequent field visits to assess, monitor and report on protection conditions in communities at risk of displacement and/or impacted by military incursions and setter violence. 3- Conducts Rapid assessments, evaluation and formulate plans of action. 4- Recommend Protection cash payments for victims of forced displacement and armed conflict based on set eligibility criteria. 5- Case manages protection cases and provides progress reports also required to make internal/external referrals to specialized services in timely manner.
6- Conducts field visits to families, communities and population effected by home demolitions, military incursion, and settlers violent to asses and evaluate needs and incurred damages. 7- Prepares monitoring reports (daily, weekly and monthly) of security incidents and humanitarian issues related to the demolition/eviction/displacement/confiscation in coordination with OSO through direct contact with people and communities affected. 8- Collects data about beneficiaries from all available sources (observation, local, community, camp communities, CSO, etc.) on CIU assessment forms.
9- Implements community wide outreach activities and events targeting women, persons with disability, children, youth and men with protection concerns. 10- Implements surveys and assigned studies related to protection in the targeted refugee communities, as requested.
11- Mobilizes community support and participation in the various community based projects and activities. 12- Coordinates with other UNRWA programmes, at the operational level, to increase refugees access to UNRWA services.
13- Maintains good working relations with various partners and stakeholders. 14- Participates, as requested, in workshops and meetings intended to improve professional knowledge and skills relevant to as assigned responsibilities. 15- May be required to train newly recruited Social Workers. 16- Performs other duties as may be assigned.
At least two years’ experience in providing social work, psycho-social support or counselling in developmental /humanitarian programmes in governmental, non-governmental or NGOs organizations is required Basic computer skills is required. -Please confirm if you live/ reside in West Bank or Jerusalem? And if you have West Bank or Jerusalem ID. please to mention its number down, as it is desirable.
Staff members are subject to the authority of the Commissioner-General of UNRWA and to assignment by him or her. UNRWA is committed to achieving gender parity at all levels of staffing under the current UN-wide gender agenda and strongly encourages applications from qualified applicants from under-represented groups. At UNRWA, the paramount consideration in the recruitment and employment of staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity, with due regard to geographic diversity. All employment decisions are made on the basis of qualifications and organizational needs. UNRWA is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. Reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities may be provided to support participation in the recruitment process when requested and indicated in the application.
